Marbella Sleep Event Could Change Ageing

Sleep is having a small public-relations upgrade. For years it sat in the “nice if you can get it” bucket — somewhere between stretching and drinking more water. But the Marbella event announced this week treats it as something much bigger: a core longevity issue. On Friday, May 22, The Pool Marbella is hosting a two-hour Longevity Club session on sleep, led by Dr. Laura Rodríguez Alcalá and hosted by Iris Arbel. ### Why is a sleep workshop being framed as an ageing story? Because the pitch is not “sleep better and feel fresher.” The pitch is “sleep better and you may change the way your body ages.” The Pool’s Longevity Club is built around healthspan — basically, the years you stay functional and sharp, not just alive — and sleep sits right beside nutrition, exercise, and mental wellbeing in that framework. (euroweeklynews.com) ### What exactly is happening in Marbella? The session is set for Friday, May 22, from 1 pm to 3 pm at The Pool Marbella, a coworking and events space on Bulevar Príncipe Alfonso de Hohenlohe. Tickets are listed at €24, places are limited, and the format is meant to be practical rather than abstract — two experts, a breakdown of what affects sleep quality, and a guided reflection so attendees can map their own patterns. (thepool.es) ### Who is the main expert? The key name here is Dr. Laura Rodríguez Alcalá. She is an ENT surgeon tied to Quirónsalud Marbella, and she has been highlighted in Spain as the country’s youngest accredited sleep-medicine expert and the only ENT specialist in Andalusia to hold that distinction at the time it was announced. That matters because this is not a generic wellness coach setup — the event is leaning on a clinician whose work sits inside actual sleep-disorder medicine. (euroweeklynews.com) ### Why does sleep matter so much for ageing? Because sleep is when a lot of the maintenance work happens. Memory gets sorted. Hormones reset. Metabolism steadies. Recovery happens. When that process gets chopped up night after night, the body starts paying interest on the debt — worse blood-pressure control, worse glucose handling, worse appetite regulation, worse cognitive performance. (euroweeklynews.com) Euro Weekly’s event write-up also points to the broader risk picture: obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke all rise when sleep deprivation becomes chronic. ### Is this really about insomnia? Not just insomnia. The more interesting angle is that “bad sleep” is a bucket term. It can mean too little sleep, fragmented sleep, poor routines, breathing problems during sleep, stress, reflux, or sleep apnea. Rodríguez Alcalá’s background in ENT and sleep medicine is relevant here because some sleep problems are behavioral, but others are structural or medical. (euroweeklynews.com) You cannot journal your way out of an airway problem. ### Why hold this at a coworking space? Because The Pool is trying to turn longevity into a community habit, not a clinic visit. Its Longevity Club mixes evidence-based health topics with networking and lifestyle programming for professionals. That sounds a little biohacker-adjacent, sure — but it also reflects a real shift. Sleep advice is moving out of specialist medicine and into mainstream prevention culture. (quironsalud.com) ### So what is the real takeaway? The Marbella event matters less as a one-off workshop than as a signal. Sleep is being recast from a personal failing — “I should be more disciplined” — into a serious lever for long-term health. That is the useful change. If the session lands, people will leave with more than calming tips. They will leave with a sharper idea of whether their sleep problem is a habit issue, a stress issue, or something medical that deserves proper treatment. (thepool.es) (euroweeklynews.com)